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" I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80 percent of the world, including major population centers such as China and India, from compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy. "
Internationaler Klimaschutz - Interessenkonflikte zwischen Industrie- und ... - Page v
by Johannes Jarke - 2007 - 56 pages
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Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies - 2001 - 1510 pages
...credibility? Answer. No. President Bush opposes the Kyoto Protocol because it is fundamentally flawed as it exempts 80 percent of the world, including major population centers such as China and India, from compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy. By rejecting this...
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Ethics, Equity, and International Negotiations on Climate Change

Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, Mohan Munasinghe - 2002 - 206 pages
...annual greenhouse gas emissions was reaffirmed by the US President on 13 March 2001, when he stated: 'I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80...the world, including major population centers such as China and India, from compliance' and further elaborated on 11 June 2001: 'The Kyoto was fatally...
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Debating Environmental Regimes

Patrick Hayden - 2002 - 232 pages
...well-known that the main reason for the current US administration's rejection of the Kyoto Protocol is "because it exempts 80 percent of the world, including major population centers such as China and India, from compliance" —a stance forcefully supported by the Australian government....
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Global Warming

Kathiann M. Kowalski - 2004 - 152 pages
...president where he stood on global climate change. In a March 2001 letter, he replied: As you know, I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80...the world, including major population centers such as China and India, from compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy. The Senate's [1997]...
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Green Giants?: Environmental Policies of the United States and the European ...

Norman J. Vig, Michael G. Faure - 2004 - 420 pages
...change, the US has recently tried to shift the burden to developing countries. President Bush said, "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80...the world, including major population centers such as China and India." 38 This is despite these countries' per capita carbon dioxide emissions being...
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Hard Choices: Climate Change in Canada

University of Victoria (B.C.). Centre for Studies in Religion and Society - 2004 - 282 pages
...pointed to both of these objections in a letter to senators Hagel, Helms, Craig, and Roberts, stating, "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80...the world, including major population centers such as China and India, from compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy" (Office of the...
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International Law And Sustainable Development: Principles And Practice

Nico J. Schrijver, Friedl Weiss - 2004 - 750 pages
...clarified its views on the UNFCCC and of its Kyoto Protocol.1 The letter expressed the US opposition to the Kyoto Protocol 'because it exempts 80 percent...the world, including major population centers such as China and 1 The objective of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is 'to achieve stabilization...
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The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader

John W. Dietrich - 2005 - 342 pages
...short-lived. On March 13, 2001, Bush, in a letter to four Senators, reversed his CO2 pledge and stated, "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80...the world, including major population centers such as China and India, from compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy."1 Because Bush...
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Climate Change Damage And International Law: Prevention Duties And State ...

Roda Verheyen - 2005 - 419 pages
...first pronounced in a letter to Republican Senators Hagcl, Helms, Craig and Roberts on 1 3 March 2001: "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80...the world, including major population centers such as China and India", (<http://www.whitchousc.gov/ncws/rclcascs/ 2001/03/>). The USA has since participated...
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The Failures of American and European Climate Policy: International Norms ...

Loren R. Cass - 2012 - 282 pages
...support the Kyoto Protocol. In a letter to Senate Republicans, President Bush outlined his position. "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol because it exempts 80...the world, including major population centers such as China and India, from compliance, and would cause serious harm to the US economy."100 Various administration...
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